Dr. Roger Veldman

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Dr. Roger Veldman

Professor of Engineering

616.395.7154veldman@hope.edu

Roger Veldman joined the faculty at Hope College in 1998. He teaches the engineering design capstone sequence.

Areas of Expertise

Roger is active in research to determine the effects of explosive loading of structures. This work involves both experiments and numerical simulations.

Education

Ph.D., mechanical engineering, Western Michigan University, 2001
Dissertation: Enhancing Commercial Aircraft Explosion Survivability Via Active Venting
M.S., engineering (mechanical), Western Michigan University, 1995
B.S., engineering science, Hope College, 1989

Honors, Grants and Awards

Roger has received continuous research funding since 2001 for various projects from the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

He is also a named co-inventor on 56 United States Patents.

Selected Publications & Presentations

鈥淏allistic Pendulum Measurement and Prediction of Blast Reflected Impulse From Spherical Charges at Close Standoff Distances,鈥� with M. W. Nansteel, , R. Yang, and C.C.-T. Chen, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 50鈥�1, 2025
鈥淐haracterization and Modeling of Blast Resistance Behavior of Carbon Composites,鈥� with C.F. Yen and C.C-T. Chen, 35th American Society of Composites Technical Conference, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 2020
鈥淭he Effect of Ambient Pressure on Blast Reflected Impulse and Overpressure,鈥� with M.W. Nansteel, C.C.-T. Chen and B.A. Toner, Experimental Techniques, 2017
鈥淚mpulse Plug Measurements of Blast Reflected Impulse at Close Range,鈥� with M. W. Nansteel, C. Chen and W. Lawrence, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 38, 2013
鈥淩esponse of Pre-Pressurized Reinforced Plates Under Blast Loading,鈥� with J. Ari-Gur and C. Clum, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 35(4), April 2008
鈥淓ffects of Pre-pressurization on Blast Response of Clamped Aluminum Plates,鈥� with J. Ari-Gur, C. Clum, A. DeYoung and J. Folkert, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 32(10), October 2006

View more of Dr. Veldman鈥檚 publications on his CV.

Dr. Roger Veldman

Phone Number616.395.7154

veldman@hope.edu

Engineering Department